Bridgend (Senedd Cymru constituency)
Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Bridgend | |
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Senedd Cymru county constituency | |
Bridgend shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies | |
Current Senedd Cymru county constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Labour |
MS | Carwyn Jones |
Electoral region | South Wales West |
Preserved county | Mid Glamorgan and West Glamorgan |
History
Bridgend can be considered a relatively safe Labour seat. The former First Minister Carwyn Jones has represented the constituency since the creation of the assembly. The former Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns contested the seat in 1999 and 2003.
Party averages from 5 elections: Labour – 44.3%, Conservative – 26.8%, Plaid Cymru – 12.2%, Lib Dem – 11.1%
- UKIP achieved 14.6% at the 2016 election.
Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Bridgend Westminster constituency. It is partly within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan and partly within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.
The other six constituencies of the region are Aberavon, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, Swansea East and Swansea West.
Voting
In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
Members of the Senedd
The member for the constituency since 1999 has been Carwyn Jones, who became First Minister of Wales in 2009 and served until 2018.
Election | Member | Party | Portrait | |
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1999 | Carwyn Jones | Labour | ||
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carwyn Jones | 12,166 | 45.3 | −10.9 | |
Conservative | George Jabbour | 6,543 | 24.4 | −3.6 | |
UKIP | Caroline Jones | 3,919 | 14.6 | +14.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | James Radcliffe | 2,569 | 9.6 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Pratt | 1,087 | 4.0 | −3.2 | |
Green | Charlie Barlow | 567 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 5,623 | 20.9 | −7.3 | ||
Turnout | 44.6 | +3.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carwyn Jones | 13,499 | 56.2 | +15.9 | |
Conservative | Alex Williams | 6,724 | 28.0 | −1.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Tim Thomas | 2,706 | 8.6 | −6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Briony Davies | 1,736 | 7.2 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 6,775 | 28.2 | +17.8 | ||
Turnout | 24,035 | 40.8 | −0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.9 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carwyn Jones | 9,889 | 40.3 | −2.5 | |
Conservative | Emma L. Greenow | 7,333 | 29.9 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Warren | 3,730 | 15.2 | +1.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Nick H. Thomas | 3,600 | 14.7 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 2,556 | 10.4 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 24,552 | 41.2 | +5.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carwyn Jones | 9,487 | 42.8 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Alun Cairns | 7,066 | 31.9 | +11.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Cheryl A. Green | 2,980 | 13.5 | −2.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Keith Parry | 1,939 | 8.8 | −10.9 | |
UKIP | Tim C. Jenkins | 677 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,421 | 10.9 | −6.1 | ||
Turnout | 22,113 | 35.4 | −6.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.1 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carwyn Jones | 9,321 | 37.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alun Cairns | 5,063 | 20.2 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Jeff R. Canning | 4,919 | 19.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Rob O. Humphreys | 3,910 | 15.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Allan Jones | 1,819 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,258 | 17.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,032 | 41.6 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
References
- "BBC News: Election 2011: Bridgend". 6 May 2011.
Senedd Cymru | ||
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Preceded by Cardiff West |
Constituency represented by the First Minister 2009 – 2018 |
Incumbent |